Cincinnati boxer Adrian Broner will be in the ring for a nationally televised bout next Friday, but the champion may be mounting his best defense at the Hamilton County Courthouse where he faces felony assault charges.

Broner remains out of jail on a $100,000 bond for two felony charges relating to a January fight and robbery outside of Madison Bowl.

In a civil suit related to the matter, attorneys say Broner punched a man and stole $8,000 lost on a bowling wager.

Attorney Chris Finney represents the plaintiff in that civil case. “Broner first assaulted my client with his fist. He then he went to his car, got a gun and assaulted him a second time. When my client woke up, the money was all gone,” Finney said.

Former world champion Tim Austin has been at the center of that tumultuous ring of public opinion where Broner is now.

“Little kids watch us. They say they want to be like us.” Austin said.

Austin once mentored Broner and advises other young boxers to slip the punch which knocked out his career and may now have his sometimes troubled protegee on the ropes.

“It’s those things that you have to be careful in," Austin said. "When you’re seeing money that other people ain’t seen. It's decisions you have to make.”

According to the civil complaint, Broner punched Chris Carson, knocking him unconscious.

For Austin and the young fighters who hope to follow the champion's path, Broner's trouble hits like a punch to the gut.

But reflecting on his own championship career and battle back from personal demons, Austin said, “We make good and bad decisions in our life, but it’s a comeback after the fall."

Broner made bond and will be allowed to train and fight in Washington, D.C. next week, but he will be outfitted with an electronic monitoring device upon his return to Cincinnati.